Castles and forts in North West Leicestershire

The Discover Alone map has 3 castles and forts in North West Leicestershire, England. Below are the 3 with the most written about them, pictures first. Every one has its own page with directions and places nearby.

• Whitwick CastleScheduled monumentWhitwick Castle is a Norman motte-and-bailey earthwork in North West Leicestershire, built after the conquest and still…
• Ashby Castle and associated formal gardenScheduled monumentMarian and I climbed the castle path while the rain threatened. She touched the cold stones, named the rooms that no…
• Enclosure castle at Castle DoningtonScheduled monumentMud, not marble, built the first Castle Donington. Normans threw earth into a steep mound and ringed it with ditches…

Other kinds of place in North West Leicestershire

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